Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-04-02
THE CzlR HOLDS THE KEF.
On Him Depends the Peace
or Rain Of Europe
Fsars that u His Galf-crnzsd cssdfrson
He msy Pssrlpissss War - Dis
traks Afsenfasa froa TIE
AnarchisaI ss.ts Of His
owa csunsry.


D1rrenf history Slows tn14 b0NsFsk
kfncship msy haRe declined n ESSENTIAL
poser ard pepalar1ty before sovaDclnR
eivilix8iion Il bas lost none Of Its yalue
81 q thisa Of human interest Next
wssk ngtbtn9 will be talked Of bot The
grand old KaiseF's birthday eSiebrafton
at Berlin. and daring The week JAS pest
the one e1gr5ssing topic has been ne
attempt on she life OF she CzAx. VI
ssarse ths peculiar c9ntttion OF Euro
pean affairs and the commissioning Parf
The CEsr viays N the cfsna still pro
crossing behind tbs curtsin Of Cont
mental diplomacy cave N ac9te interest,"
10 the incident. Il IL, Ia deed, 3 strange
fate for Earops IN this, her highest
state Of feanement, Wealfh and indus
try 70 hogd ser~elf month after month,
armed 70 the teeth, waiting for the De
eision Of 8 halle man. Who 10 hid
ing inside fortified pslaoe out OF ID
reach Of assasiBa II the situation Of
today had been fosstold q ssofe u years
sR0 the prophecy w0nid have besn
laughed az as q ridiculous nightmare.
And vet use 20 speedily secu stoBs Is 70
strange things that the hafr0sif z state
Of suspense in whish al Enrops Is hsnR-
ing npon the whim Of this wretehed
condemned Keeiuse seems qaite nztaral
uov. Il wouid be idle 70 sPseulats as
% what eject this saAden demonstrs-
ton Of NihilisB, still alive. will have on
she Car. and through hin on tbs q1ss-
tiOa of peace and var. Who can tell
whether IL will move him 10 rage or 20
FetreatI Nobody knous him at all
closely; no one, 70 matter h0w gifted,
can satisfactorily imagine himself IN
the Cars plaee AID work ous the prob
len Of bis actions. Some think it will
convince him Of the necessity Of dsv0t-
ing his whole attention 10 domestic
matters. while others argue that il will
drive him 70 desperate c1urss, Divert
ing the pablic mind from home abuses
BY piunQine into a grand foreign var.
How fer be Ia snbisct to the pressure Of
public opinion and feeling IL unknown.
Eyes IL it we're not Il would be difficult
10 settle What this public opinion 10. So
far as discsFnibls the Panslavists, or
the Russian war party, seem 20 think
the episode fsy0Fs their plans NJ. Kat
kod has come on 20 81. Petersburg, and
both bis paper and the two ether lead
ing PAnslavlst journals are bold enough
70 disregard the ctnsoF's injunction Of
complete silence, and PRINT long articles
declaring that the attempt VS. the work
Of he foreign enemies Of Russia, who
keep alive Hihilism for base personal
ends.
Probably, as e whole, the European
Subtle opinieE IL trihe more ssnguine
as TO peace than il vas a week ago, bat
| the Improvement lie slight and is almost
/ whoIly due TO confirmation Of the fact
| that Italy has signed the treaty with
Germany and Austria. Bismarck nov
wants England TO join this alliance.
| indeed, he always wanted this, but nos
| his efforts TO secure English support
| will for 3 little while take the chisi
place in European diplomatic maneu-
yers. AZ the fret consequence Of this
you will see the Egyptian question
brought forward and England msnaeed
abruptly With a rupture With France.
IL would not be surprising II the Esla-
tions of France and EoRland speedily
became strained to tbs utmost point oil
tension compatible with the Chancel-
Ior's game. 10 this he will be helped
by the infatuated folly Of the French in
| supposing the English to be their real
enemies. Nothing would be so easy a
TO raise a howl In Pars. All along this
has been really nearer 20 the French
mans heart than another tussle With
the heavy hsted gladiator asFoss the
| Rhine. NJ. De Lesseps is the special
eyauRel Of this idea, asd We may be sure
that Bismarck allowed the vain old
| pOseur 10 leave Berlin more In love with
it than ever. When this situation be-
comes sufficiently acute, and the Eng
lish Ministry is faee t. face with the
alternative Of giving France her own
way in Egypt or fighting, then the
screws viii be put on to compel England
20 join a Central European alliance on
BismaFck's terms. Probably this would
be the best thing that could happen for
Europe. because Il would 90 very far to
render q war impossible either in ths
Balkans or the Vosgss. But England
holds out. demanding a guarantee Of
aid IN case Russia attacks her Ia Central
Asia. which neither Germany nor Aus
tria has consented thus far to consider.
50 for the moment the matter stands.
War preparations meanwhile continue
steadily everywhere. An authoritative
statement Of the disposition Of the new
fsrces 10 be added 10 she German army
says that 10 all twenty seven battslions
OF infsntFy will be added. or these
twelve will be Joined 10 the Fifteenth
Army Corps, which nov garrisons Al
| SAGE Lorraine; twelve more will 20 to
varieus corps along the second line OF
the German defense, which is practically
the line of the Rhine. Only three are
then left, Of which two will go 10 the
Second Corps at bern on the Vistuls
and one 10 Gleiwitz, In Silesia. Nearly
all the seventeen batteries Il field artil-
leFy also 90 20 Alsace- Lorraine. where
there already exists proportion Of enc
gun 30 go men, while the average
throughout the whole German army 10
one 10 $50. All the rev troops will be
under arms fortnight from tjday,
Today statement vas current that the
troops have been ordered from Ham
burg 10 Alfaee as veil.